Fresh white snow contrasts against the bright pink of Campbell River’s Tidemark Theatre on Jan. 17, 2024. (Alistair Taylor/Campbell River Mirror)
Neila and Noah Rozander were off school but still working hard shovelling the deep snow in their Langley City neighbourhood Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2024. (Heather Colpitts/Langley Advance Times)
Pedestrians make their way across a snowy crosswalk in Victoria on the morning of Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2024. (Lauren Collins/Black Press Media)
Snowy conditions made things tricky for motorists in Parksville on Jan. 17, 2024. (Michael Briones/Parksville-Qualicum Beach News)
Snow cloaks every branch along the Quinsam River, near the confluence with the Campbell River, on Jan. 17, 2024. (Alistair Taylor/Campbell River Mirror)
D.J., a teacup Australian shepherd, traverses the snow in Langley on Jan. 17. 2024. (Dan Ferguson /Langley Advance Times)
Two people make their way through nearly whiteout conditions in Chilliwack on Jan. 17, 2024. (Jenna Hauck/The Chilliwack Progress)
Fresh snow blankets a back road in Aldergrove on the morning of Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2024, where snow plows haven’t gotten to yet. (Dan Ferguson/Langley Advance Times)
A waterfall north of Harrison Hot Springs is turned to ice on Jan. 17, 2024. (Adam Louis/Agassiz-Harrison Observer)
Snow-covered vehicles line a Cloverdale street on Jan. 17, 2024. (Malin Jordan/Cloverdale Reporter)
Vehicle tread marks along a Chilliwack street begin to vanish on Jan. 17, 2024 as more snow falls. (Jennifer Feinberg/The Chilliwack Progress)
City crews work to clear snow and ice sidewalks in front of the ACT Arts Centre in Maple Ridge on Jan. 17, 2024. (Neil Corbett/Maple Ridge/Pitt Meadows News)
A West Cloverdale resident begins to dig out a snow-covered Surrey sidewalk on Jan. 17, 2024, even as more falls. (Anna Burns/Surrey Now Leader)
Snow clings to tree branches and bushes in a Crofton backyard early in the morning on Jan. 17, 2024. (Andrea Rondeau/Cowichan Valley Citizen)
The Port Alberni waterfront can be seen from Argyle Street, one of the city’s main roads as snow falls on Jan. 17, 2024. (Susie Quinn/Alberni Valley News)
A person dons their winter boots to shovel a sidewalk in Langley on Jan. 17, 2024. (Matthew Claxton/Langley Advance Times)
A man uses a snowblower to clear the area around a mechanic shop in Chilliwack on Jan. 17, 2024. (Jenna Hauck/The Chilliwack Progress)
A snowy Summerland street remains mostly quiet on the morning of Jan. 17, 2024, as the winter weather keeps drivers off the road. (John Arendt/Summerland Review)British Columbians in the southern half of the province woke up to a fresh blanket of snow on Wednesday morning (Jan. 17), with Environment Canada warning of up to 25 centimetres total in some areas by evening.
For many, the snowstorm was the first of the season.
Black Press Media reporters were out and about early in the morning to capture an initial look at how their local communities are faring.
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